Today I am really grateful for other teachers. I truly get to teach at a great school with a great math department. I am the 29th math teacher in the department. Last semester I student taught on the upstairs math hall (floating then too) so I got to meet the majority of the math teachers. They all made me feel so welcomed and showed me the ropes. This semester I am downstairs floating and have gotten to meet and get to know the remaining 9 teachers who teach downstairs. Even though I am the one for their group, they too have made me feel so welcomed. One teacher, a second year teacher, offered to let me have a home base and thus share a room with her rather than me have a desk in the workroom. We really didn't know each other that well but I absolutely LOVE getting to talk with her each day. Adult interaction really is something to be thankful for when you teach 9th graders all day.
I am also grateful for the other teachers who share and let me ask questions all the time. I am also thankful that because I float (they are in the room during planning) I can ask them to watch my students if I need to go to the bathroom :)
Lastly, the reason I chose this for the day, today one teacher who I float into her room for 4th block, said I inspired her to try something new to "spice things up." This really humbled me and just made me so grateful I work at a school where I don't feel have to feel like I have nothing to offer just because I am new. The vetern teachers also don't hold all their stuff for themselves--they love to share with me and help me out! I love collaborating with other teachers and am so thankful that I teach with other people who care about students and wanting to learn every year how to become a better teacher.
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